Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The whole reason I got signed to DFA was because Calico Corp. put out an Eric Copeland 7" that DFA heard, liked, and investigated the origins of... SO, it is with a wonderfully round and cyclical pleasure that I share this new Copeland remix of Slippin' Slidin'. May the circle be unbroken. IT FUCKING SHREDS.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Very pleased to tell you that I'll be returning to Pleasence Records for the tape edition of Thank You For Stickin' With Twig (out August 7th on DFA). As you may recall Pleasence co-released the OG booklet edition LP of A Hound At The Hem. It's great to be working with them again, and to get the record out on CS format.

I also have to say, the most unusual format the album will be released on is the wall-hanging gold record. It would look very regal in your study / office. Fool your friends into believing you're a grizzled music industry vet! Impress your peers with this big time prop.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Have you heard many good records to be released this year? I've heard a couple, but not so many that I can afford not to recommend one that may not have been heard so widely just yet.

If you're not on 'Sailor Uni' Tim's mailing list you likely have yet to make the acquaintance of Colonial Solutions, the latest from his Dark Chocolate Chips project.

It's a real flipper. You know, one of those cassettes you can flip between sides over and over, content to hear the same fragments of music repeatedly. Music in all different directions. Basement glamour, literate punk, nauseating ambient sound emission, political sound collage... ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. Tim is a truly formidable songwriter, and an interesting sound maker.

Also notable is the odd structure of the album. The B side playing out as an alternate uni version of the A, composed of remixed / remashed / rehashed or otherwise warf'd out versions of the initial side. Or at least that's what Tim tells me. It all sounds gravy fresh to me dood.

Tim is a major playah on the new Twig platter (and platters previous) so if you're in the habit of reading my recommendations on this neglected blog or dig on Twig, do yourself a favour and check this shit out. You won't find it on apple Music anytime soon.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Recently went to see Nilsson's The Point movie at the Royal cinema in Toronto. This was my first time seeing this particular childhood favourite on the big screen. Playing before the main feature was Really Rosie, a Maurice Sendak animated short with music by Carol King... I hadn't even heard of this film. Not as good as The Point, even so another example of a 70's kids film with musical appeal for the older set. Pretty charming.

Beware 'Chicken Soup With Rice' it may never leave your head once you've heard it.